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n APPLIOATION FILED JULY 1, 1908. 1,022,095.

e/C A Mw ffm Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

CHARLES R. LEONARD, OF NEW ROCHELLE, NEW YORK.

GARMENT.

To all 'whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, CHARLES R. LEONARD, a citizen of the United States,and resident of New Rochelle, in the county of Testchester and State ofNew York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garments, ofwhich the following is a specification.

The object of this invention is to provide a garment of novelconstruction for insur ing a snug fit around the neck and, if sodesired, around the wrists of the wearer to prevent the admission ofrain, snow, dust or air, said novel construction including alternatingelastic and non-elastic portions at a contracted opening, the elasticportions being in juxtaposition at said opening and diverging therefromin the form of gores, and an encircling elastic band surrounding saidopening, said elastic and non-elastic portions being turned over to forma housing for said elastic band.

The elastic encircling band is preferably made of metal such, forinstance, as a metallic endless coil spring incloscd within a housingformed by turning over the free ends of the alternating elastic andnon-elastic portions.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in theaccompanying drawings, in whichn Figure 1 is a front view of a garmentwith my invention applied thereto. Fig. Q is an enlarged detailsectional view showing the manner of inclosing the encircling metallicelastic band within the housing formed by turning over the free ends ofthe alternating elastic and non-elastic portions, Fig. 3 is a detailsection taken in the plane of the line AA of Fig. 2, looking in thedirection of the arrows, and Fig. L is a section on an enlarged scaletaken in the plane of the line B-B of Fig. l.

The body portion of the garment is denoted by l and it may be providedwith a skirt 2 of any desired length to suit the particular requirementfor which the garment is to be used.

The sleeves of the garment are denoted by 3, which sleeves have theirfree ends contracted so as to snugly embrace the wrists of the wearer.The neck of the garment is also contracted so as to snugly embrace theneck of the wearer. The garment is made of non-elastic material,preferably water- Speeification of Letters Patent.

Application filed July 1, 1908.

Patented Apr. 2, 1912.

Serial No. 441,499.

proof, so as to serve its purpose as a protection from rain, snow, etc.,as well as from dust and dirt. The neck of the garment is provided witha plurality of elastic portions l alternating with non-elastic portions5. The elast-ic and non-elastic p0rtions are so shaped that the elasticportions are in juxtaposition at the neck opening and diverge therefromin the form of gores extending into the garment for a considerabledistance. These elastic portions are of sufficient length and size topermit the ready stretching of the neck for permitting it to be passedover the head of the wearer as the garment is put on and taken ofi'.

For the purpose of insuring a snug fit around the neck of the wearer forpreventing the admission of rain, snow, dust or air, I provide anencircling elastic band 6 which is incloscd in a housing 7 formed byturning over the free ends of the elastic and the non-elastic portions.This encircling elastic band is preferably of metal, as, for instance,an endless coil spring which will retain its elasticity for a muchgreater length of time than will the rubber elastic portions of thegarment. If so desired, each of the sleeves 3 may be provided with asimilar construction, the elastic portions S alternating with thenon-elastic portions 9 and the encircling elastic band 10 being inclosedin a housing 1l. In this construct-ion also, the elastic portions 8 arein juxtaposition at the sleeve opening and diverge therefrom as, forinstance, upwardly into the sleeve for a suficient distance to permitthe hand to be passed through the sleeve opening. The encircling elasticband (3 serves also to prevent undue stretching of the elastic portionsat the neck or sleeve of the garment.

1. A garment having a contracted opening for embracing a part of thebody of the wearer composed of alternating elastic and non-elasticportions, the elastic portions being in juxtaposition at the saidopening and diverging therefrom in the form of gores, and an encirclingelastic band surrounding the said opening, said elastic and non-elasticportions being turned over to form a housing for said elastic band.

2. A garment having a contracted neck composed of alternating elasticand nonelastic portions, the elastic portions being in juxtaposition atthe neck opening and dias my invention, I have signed my naine inverging therefrom in the form of gores, presence of tvvo Witnesses, this16th day of and an encircling elastic band surrounding June 1908.

the neck opening, saicl elastic and non-elas- CHARLES R. LEONARD. ticportions being turned over to forni a Witnesses: housing for saidelastic band. F. GEORGE BARRY,

In testimony, that I claim the foregoing C. L. LUNDGREN.

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